US airports have the most flight cancellations

US Airports with the Most Flight Cancellations

While airlines are trying to improve their on-time performance, including improving their operating rates.

Such as last year Delta went over 200 days without a single cancellation, something quite impressive for the airline industry. Despite Delta’s success, with bad weather as the main factor, thousands of flights cancelled in the US.

Bad weather is the top reason for flight delays & cancellations.

Flight delays are far more common than canceled flights.

For the 1st time in 5 years, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) reports more flight cancellations than Chicago O’Hare International (ORD). December’s power outage at ATL contributed to the spike.

New York’s LaGuardia reports the highest percentage of canceled flights in 2017. Winter Storm Stella was a contributing factor, causing the number of grounded flights to soar last March.

Despite the rise in canceled flights for Atlanta, the airport was average, in terms of percentages — with 1.49 percent of scheduled departures calling it quits.

A study by InsureMyTrip breaks down which US airports have the most flight cancellations, and the study shows New York (LGA) has the highest amount of cancelled flights with an average of 3.23% of flights cancelled in 2017. Winter weather was a big cause to this, however other factors include the large amounts of regional flights into LaGuardia, which are usually the 1st flights to get cancelled. On the other hand, US Airports ranking high on the amount of flight cancellations last year include both Houston George Bush Intercontinental (IAH), with 2.73% of flights cancelled, and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL) with 2.7% of their flights cancelled in 2017.